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The fate of two rogue stop signs in a Point Loma neighborhood could be decided tonight, as a local community planning group will discuss the issue at its monthly meeting.

The two stop signs were installed by unknown parties, likely neighbors frustrated that they could not get approval for official city signs. The signs are at the intersections of Jennings Street at Albion Street and Silvergate Avenue.

One sign has remained up since July. Another was taken down and replaced by an official city of San Diego sign.

Residents have requested the city on several occasions since 2000 post stop signs to halt fast-moving traffic in their neighborhood. Each time, the city said no and determined that a yield sign at one of the intersections was sufficient enough to calm traffic.

The presence of the signs polarized the usually quaint neighborhood. One group of residents says the stop signs make the neighborhood safer for walkers and children who share the streets with passing vehicles.

Another faction believes the city, by approving the stop signs retroactively, has condoned the removal of its own yield signs and made a decision with incorrect facts.

Both signs were blessed after the fact by a city process that allowed the local planning group, the Peninsula Community Planning Board, and Councilman Kevin Faulconer to overrule the determination of civil engineers.

Faulconer, however, reversed course in April and requested the group revisit the issue. His office hopes that the two sides of the feud can come to a compromise.

The Peninsula Board meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire Street.